An intermediate or advanced computer art course. Emphasis will be placed on using the computer to further explore studio and digital media. Experience with Macintosh is highly recommended. May be repeated for a total of 8 credits.

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: Art 231

Additional Course Details

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 22

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent:Distribution Requirement(s) Status:

Academic
Elective

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Other Institution Equivalencies Table

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Remarks

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Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

Students will demonstrate advanced artistic skills using digital media.

Students will develop a portfolio of digital or digitally enhanced traditional studio artworks.

Students will demonstrate skills to critically analyze their artworks using the vocabulary of the discipline.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

0. Application and Integration

Definition: Applying information from one or more disciplines and/or
field experiences in new contexts (Outcome 0.1); developing integrated approaches or responses
to personal, academic, professional, and social issues (Outcomes 0.2-0.5).

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
0.3 Identify and evaluate the relationships among different perspectives within a
field of study and among different fields of study.

1. Information Literacy

Definition:
Recognizing when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
1.1 Determine the extent of information needed.
1.2 Access the needed information effectively, efficiently, ethically, and legally.
1.3 Evaluate information and its sources critically.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition:
The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the
ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these
processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.1 Identify and express concepts, terms, and facts related to a specific discipline.
2.2 Analyze issues and develop questions within a discipline.
2.3 Identify, interpret, and evaluate pertinent data and previous experience to reach conclusions.
2.6 Recognize how the value and biases in different disciplines can affect the ways in which data is analyzed.
2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.
2.9 Apply and/or create problem-solving strategies to successfully adapt to unpredictable and/or changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
3.1 Recognize, read, and comprehend academic and/or professional writing.
3.2 Recognize, produce and demonstrate appropriate interpersonal, group, and public speaking skills.
3.4 Produce academic and/or professional writing and integrate it into written and spoken projects.
3.6 Recognize, comprehend, and use visual communication appropriate to a given context.

4. Community & Cultural Diversity

Definition:
Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of
their similarities and differences.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race,
social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture.

6. Individual Awareness & Responsibility

Definition:
Understanding, managing, and taking responsibility for one’s learning and behavior in varied and changing environments.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
6.3 Apply successful organizational strategies of planning, goal setting, prioritizing, resolving conflict,
and managing time to specific goals and/or projects.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
7.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the creative process.
7.2 Demonstrate knowledge of aesthetic principles.
7.3 Use knowledge of creative processes and aesthetic principles to understand humans and the world around them.
7.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the role of arts and creative expression in societies.

10. Technology

Definition:
Understanding the role of technology in society and using technology appropriately and effectively.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
10.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the development and impact of technology in human
experience (history, global, and local).
10.2 Demonstrate an understanding of legal, ethical, and environmental issues in the
use and misuse of technology.
10.3 Use technology appropriate to the context and task to effectively retrieve
and manage information, solve problems, and facilitate communication.
10.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of technology in one’s personal and professional life.

Course Contents

Using independant projects students will demonstrate advanced skills in creating artworks with digital media.

Using self directed studio assignments students will develop a portfolio of digital or digitally enhanced artworks based on common themes, techniques or subject matter.

Using formal critique sessions and self assessments students will analyze their artwork using the vocabulary of the discipline.